but 1 thing... i'm sure Count Von Count, and Bert 'n Ernie arn't Muppet characters... but are from seseame street right??? am i correct? or are those all muppet's too? surely muppets and seseame street are 2 different things?

They are different TV shows,
but all the puppets were created by Jim Henson production
and I believe classified as muppets.
As well as the creatures in Fraggle Rock (doozers rule!),
and I think another show or 2 as well(quite a few in fact). Jim Henson prod. also
creates the creatures for Farscape,
though they are decidely *not * "muppets".

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